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'''Note on naming:''' Most recent AvP media and the earlier computer games use the singular form and the abbreviation, viz.: ''Alien vs. Predator''. By contrast, the novels use the plural (''Aliens vs. Predator''), while the later computer games use the plural and unabbreviated "versus" (''Aliens versus Predator''). The comics vary between the latter two.
'''Note on naming:''' Most recent AvP media and the earlier computer games use the singular form and the abbreviation, viz.: ''Alien vs. Predator''. By contrast, the novels use the plural (''Aliens vs. Predator''), while the later computer games use the plural and unabbreviated "versus" (''Aliens versus Predator''). The comics vary between the latter two.

===Films timeline===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Description
! Film
|-
| '''2996 BC'''
| The [[Predator (alien)|Predators]] arrive on [[Earth]]. They teach [[humans]] to build [[pyramids]], and are worshipped as gods.<ref name="AvP Making-Of">{{cite video|title=Alien vs. Predator "Making-Of" Featurette|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|medium=Featurette}} [[Paul W.S. Anderson]] describes how [[Alien vs. Predator (film)|AvP's]] past occurs 5,000 years before 2004.</ref>
| ''[[Alien vs. Predator (film)|Alien vs. Predator]]''
|-
| '''October 10th 2896 BC'''
| The Predators return to Earth and begin a [[hunting #Trophy hunting|hunting ritual]] in which several humans sacrifice themselves as hosts for [[Alien (Alien franchise)|Aliens]] so that the Predators may hunt them as a [[rite of passage]]. This ritual continues every hundred years on the 10th of October. The Predators activate their self-destruct mechanisms if overwhelmed by the Aliens, which causes the destruction of some early human civilizations.<ref name="AvP">{{cite video|title=[[Alien vs. Predator (film)|Alien vs. Predator]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|medium=Film}}</ref>
| ''Alien vs. Predator''
|-
| '''Early 18th Century AD'''
| One or more Predators visit Earth. Details of the events are unknown, but a [[Flintlock]] [[pistol]] bearing the inscription "Raphael Adolini 1715" is taken from this era.<ref name="Predator2">{{cite video|title=[[Predator 2]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|medium=Film}}</ref>
| ''[[Predator 2]]''
|-
| '''1987 AD'''
| A Predator lands in [[Central America]] and hunts a [[U.S. Special Forces]] unit, but is defeated by [[List of characters in the Predator series#"Dutch" Schaefer|Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer]].<ref name="Predator">{{cite video|title=[[Predator (film)|Predator]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|medium=Film}}</ref>
| ''[[Predator (film)|Predator]]''
|-
| '''1997 AD'''
| A Predator lands in [[Los Angeles]] and begins hunting gang members and policemen involved in a [[drug war]], but is defeated by [[List of characters in the Predator series#Mike Harrigan|Lieutenant Michael Harrigan]].<ref name="Predator2">{{cite video|title=[[Predator 2]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|medium=Film}}</ref>
| ''[[Predator 2]]''
|-
| '''Sunday, October 3rd, 2004 AD'''
| A Predator ship nears Earth, initiating a heat bloom beneath [[Bouvet Island]] near [[Antarctica]] which is detected by [[satellite]]s belonging to [[Weyland-Yutani|Weyland Industries]].<ref name="AvP" />
| ''Alien vs. Predator''
|-
| '''Sunday, October 10th, 2004 AD'''
| A Weyland Industries team led by company head Charles Bishop Weyland discovers a pyramid beneath Bouvet Island, where they are caught in a battle between the Predators and Aliens. Alexa Woods is the only survivor. As the Predator ship departs, an Alien/Predator hybrid creature erupts from the body of a dead Predator.<ref name="AvP" />
| ''Alien vs. Predator''
|-
| '''Thursday, October 14th, 2004 AD'''
| The hybrid creature attacks the Predators on board the ship, causing it to crash outside of [[Gunnison, Colorado]]. Several [[Alien (Alien franchise)#Facehugger|facehuggers]] and the hybrid creature escape, invading the town and creating more Aliens. A lone Predator arrives and fights the Aliens in a battle that ends with the [[United States]] government destroying the town with [[nuclear weapon]]s. A recovered Predator shoulder cannon is delivered to a woman identified as "Ms. Yutani".<ref name="AvPR">{{cite video|title=[[Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|medium=Film}}</ref>
| ''[[Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem]]''
|-
| '''2122 AD'''
| The passengers of the [[deep space]] mining ship ''[[Nostromo (Alien)|Nostromo]]'', under contract to [[Weyland-Yutani]], are awakened from [[hypersleep]] to investigate a signal coming from the moon [[LV-426]]. There, one of the crewmembers encounters Alien eggs and a facehugger attaches itself to him. The resulting Alien kills off the crew members until it is defeated by [[Ellen Ripley]].<ref name="Aliens">{{cite video|title=[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|medium=Film}} Carter Burke states that Ripley has been in hypersleep for 57 years. Burke later orders a Hadley’s Hope administrator to investigate the derelict on 6/12/79 (June 12 2179).</ref>
| ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''
|-
| '''2179 AD'''
| Ripley accompanies a group of United States Colonial Marines aboard the ''Sulaco'' to investigate [[LV-426]], after Weyland-Yutani loses contact with a terraforming colony there. They discover that Aliens have overrun the colony and encounter an Alien queen. Ripley, Corporal Dwayne Hicks and the sole surviving colonist, a young girl named Rebecca "Newt" Jorden, are the only survivors after the colony's atmosphere processing station explodes, and enter hypersleep for the return trip to Earth.<ref name="Aliens" />
| ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]''
|-
| '''2179 AD'''
| Several Alien eggs are on board the ''Sulaco'' and hatch while Ripley, Hicks, and Newt are in hypersleep. A fire breaks out and the hypersleep pods are ejected in an escape vessel, which crashes on [[Fiorina 'Fury' 161|Fiorina 161]]. Ripley is the only survivor is rescued by the inmates of an all-male prison facility. A facehugger is also aboard the escape vehicle, and an Alien soon attacks the prisoners. Ripley learns that she has an Alien queen gestating inside her, and after defeating the Alien she commits [[suicide]] to prevent the Weyland-Yutani corporation from obtaining it.<ref name="Alien3">{{cite video|title=[[Alien 3]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|medium=Film}}</ref>
| ''[[Alien 3]]''
|-
| '''2356 AD'''
| Samples of Ripley's blood are recovered from Fiorina 161.<ref name="AlienResurrection">{{cite video|title=[[Alien: Resurrection]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|medium=Film}}</ref>
| ''[[Alien Resurrection]]''
|-
| '''2379 AD'''
| The United Systems Military (USM) [[cloning|clones]] Ripley aboard the ''[[USM Auriga]]'' and extracts the Alien queen from her. The Ripley clone shares part of the queen's [[DNA]] and has Alien-like abilities.<ref name="AlienResurrection" />
| ''Alien Resurrection''
|-
| '''2381 AD'''
| The USM breeds Aliens on board the ''Auriga'' for experimentation, which break out and overtake the ship. Ripley and several [[mercenaries]] escape while the ship crashes into Earth, destroying the Aliens with it.<ref name="AlienResurrection" />
|''Alien Resurrection''
|-
|}


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 11:53, 13 June 2008

Alien vs. Predator, or Aliens versus Predator (both titles abbreviated AvP), is a science fiction / horror fiction series spanning several forms of media. The series is a crossover between two famous film franchises about extraterrestrial beings: the Aliens and the Predators. In Alien vs. Predator, the two species are in conflict with one another.

History

The idea for such a crossover is often thought to have originated from a Xenomorph's skull being seen as one of the Predator's trophies in the film Predator 2, but Dark Horse Comics published their first Alien vs. Predator story in November 1989, one year before the November 1990 release of Predator 2. The film mentions idea of Eric Von Daniken that there were alien visitations in the past.

Currently, the Alien vs. Predator universe consists of a range of media including comics, novels, computer/video games, and feature films, the rights to which all belong to 20th Century Fox Studios. There have so far been two installments in the Alien vs Predator film franchise.

Media

Comics

Books

A crossover novel series has been produced based on the two franchises. Other books include film novelizations and books looking at the background to the film's work with ADI (the special effects company who have worked on the Alien films):

  • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem - Inside the Monster Shop (by Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. , Design Studio Press, December 2007, ISBN 1933492554, Titan Books, January 2008, ISBN 1845769090)
  • Alien vs. Predator: The Creature Effects of ADI (by Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. , Design Studio Press, August 2004, ISBN 0972667652)
  • AVP: Alien vs. Predator - The Movie Novelization (by Marc Cerasini, HarperEntertainment, June 2004, ISBN 0060735376)

Games

Several computer, console, hand-held, and card games were made for the Alien vs. Predator license, including:

Action figures

In 1994, Kenner released a collection of action figures known as Aliens vs. Predator. This followed the two initial series of Aliens which were actually based on an animated series, Operation: Aliens, that was never broadcast. As such, the inclusion of Predator is often considered the 3rd and 4th series of the Aliens line. This collection includes several Aliens, many of which feature built-in attack features, and Predators, which include removable masks and battle weapons such as spears and missile launchers. The figures generally possess 5 points of articulation, and some include a mini Dark Horse comic book.

While the collection as a whole is known as Aliens vs. Predator, the two character types have their own card art that only features the character at hand. An exception would be the Aliens vs. Predator 2-pack. Since human space marines were included in the initial Aliens line, the Predator was marketed as an alternative enemy to the Aliens. A figure cardback reads:

"The stage is set for the universe's two most ferocious enemies. It's the gruesome and evil Aliens against the big-game hunter Predator. Who will win... the beast or the hunter? Can the Predator stop the evil Aliens before the galaxy is destroyed?!?!?!"[1][2]

The Aliens: Hive Wars series was released in 1995, which included various Aliens, Predators, and larger scaled space marines. More figures, including a female Predator and an Alien/Predator/Smash Mason 3-pack, were designed for this series but never released as part of the line.

Six sets of Aliens and Predator Micro Machines were also planned by Galoob in 1995 but never released. This would have also included the LV-426/Outer World Station Action Fleet Playset. Thanks in part to the research of toy collectors, many photos of these unreleased toys and prototypes have shown up on the Web in recent years.[3]

In December 2002, McFarlane Toys released a highly detailed Alien vs. Predator deluxe set.[4] In 2004, they produced a series of figures based on the Alien vs. Predator film. This line, however, is notorious for its disastrously poor quality. Many accessory parts originally planned for inclusion were suddenly scrapped before their release, leaving the figures with shoddy and incomplete display bases. In addition, some figures even had broken parts within their packages. Alongside the articulated figures, McFarlane also released statuesque display sets depicting scenes from the film. Hot Toys has been releasing highly detailed 16' long alien vs. predator action figures, for some time, from every movie including Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, this are sold to a high price, NECA has released two series of 'Aliens vs. predator: Requiem' action figures also. [5]

Films

View the Alien and Predator Timeline for a clear understanding of the chronological order in which the following films occur.

Sandy Collora's 2003 fan film Batman: Dead End includes both the Xenomorphs and Yautja. The film is roughly based on Batman, Alien and Predator crossover comic books.

Note on naming: Most recent AvP media and the earlier computer games use the singular form and the abbreviation, viz.: Alien vs. Predator. By contrast, the novels use the plural (Aliens vs. Predator), while the later computer games use the plural and unabbreviated "versus" (Aliens versus Predator). The comics vary between the latter two.

Films timeline

Date Description Film
2996 BC The Predators arrive on Earth. They teach humans to build pyramids, and are worshipped as gods.[7] Alien vs. Predator
October 10th 2896 BC The Predators return to Earth and begin a hunting ritual in which several humans sacrifice themselves as hosts for Aliens so that the Predators may hunt them as a rite of passage. This ritual continues every hundred years on the 10th of October. The Predators activate their self-destruct mechanisms if overwhelmed by the Aliens, which causes the destruction of some early human civilizations.[8] Alien vs. Predator
Early 18th Century AD One or more Predators visit Earth. Details of the events are unknown, but a Flintlock pistol bearing the inscription "Raphael Adolini 1715" is taken from this era.[9] Predator 2
1987 AD A Predator lands in Central America and hunts a U.S. Special Forces unit, but is defeated by Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer.[10] Predator
1997 AD A Predator lands in Los Angeles and begins hunting gang members and policemen involved in a drug war, but is defeated by Lieutenant Michael Harrigan.[9] Predator 2
Sunday, October 3rd, 2004 AD A Predator ship nears Earth, initiating a heat bloom beneath Bouvet Island near Antarctica which is detected by satellites belonging to Weyland Industries.[8] Alien vs. Predator
Sunday, October 10th, 2004 AD A Weyland Industries team led by company head Charles Bishop Weyland discovers a pyramid beneath Bouvet Island, where they are caught in a battle between the Predators and Aliens. Alexa Woods is the only survivor. As the Predator ship departs, an Alien/Predator hybrid creature erupts from the body of a dead Predator.[8] Alien vs. Predator
Thursday, October 14th, 2004 AD The hybrid creature attacks the Predators on board the ship, causing it to crash outside of Gunnison, Colorado. Several facehuggers and the hybrid creature escape, invading the town and creating more Aliens. A lone Predator arrives and fights the Aliens in a battle that ends with the United States government destroying the town with nuclear weapons. A recovered Predator shoulder cannon is delivered to a woman identified as "Ms. Yutani".[11] Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
2122 AD The passengers of the deep space mining ship Nostromo, under contract to Weyland-Yutani, are awakened from hypersleep to investigate a signal coming from the moon LV-426. There, one of the crewmembers encounters Alien eggs and a facehugger attaches itself to him. The resulting Alien kills off the crew members until it is defeated by Ellen Ripley.[12] Alien
2179 AD Ripley accompanies a group of United States Colonial Marines aboard the Sulaco to investigate LV-426, after Weyland-Yutani loses contact with a terraforming colony there. They discover that Aliens have overrun the colony and encounter an Alien queen. Ripley, Corporal Dwayne Hicks and the sole surviving colonist, a young girl named Rebecca "Newt" Jorden, are the only survivors after the colony's atmosphere processing station explodes, and enter hypersleep for the return trip to Earth.[12] Aliens
2179 AD Several Alien eggs are on board the Sulaco and hatch while Ripley, Hicks, and Newt are in hypersleep. A fire breaks out and the hypersleep pods are ejected in an escape vessel, which crashes on Fiorina 161. Ripley is the only survivor is rescued by the inmates of an all-male prison facility. A facehugger is also aboard the escape vehicle, and an Alien soon attacks the prisoners. Ripley learns that she has an Alien queen gestating inside her, and after defeating the Alien she commits suicide to prevent the Weyland-Yutani corporation from obtaining it.[13] Alien 3
2356 AD Samples of Ripley's blood are recovered from Fiorina 161.[14] Alien Resurrection
2379 AD The United Systems Military (USM) clones Ripley aboard the USM Auriga and extracts the Alien queen from her. The Ripley clone shares part of the queen's DNA and has Alien-like abilities.[14] Alien Resurrection
2381 AD The USM breeds Aliens on board the Auriga for experimentation, which break out and overtake the ship. Ripley and several mercenaries escape while the ship crashes into Earth, destroying the Aliens with it.[14] Alien Resurrection

Notes

  1. ^ Duke Nostalgia's Predators Page DukeNostalgia.com. Retrieved February 9, 2008.
  2. ^ Classic Aliens vs Predator Nostalgia ForumPlanet.GameSpy.com (January 5, 2008). Retrieved February 9, 2008.
  3. ^ Cawiezel, Marc H. The History of Unproduced Alien and Predator Toys Members.AOL.com (October 29, 2006). Retrieved February 9, 2008.
  4. ^ Crawford, Michael Alien vs. Predator MWCToys.com (December 13, 2002). Retrieved Retrieved February 9, 2008.
  5. ^ Alien Attacks Predator CollectionDX.com (January 12, 2008). Retrieved February 9, 2008.
  6. ^ ShockTillYouDrop.com (2008-03-10). "Aliens vs. Predator Sequel Rumblings at Fox". ShockTillYouDrop.com. Retrieved 2008-03-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Alien vs. Predator "Making-Of" Featurette (Featurette). 20th Century Fox. Paul W.S. Anderson describes how AvP's past occurs 5,000 years before 2004.
  8. ^ a b c Alien vs. Predator (Film). 20th Century Fox.
  9. ^ a b Predator 2 (Film). 20th Century Fox.
  10. ^ Predator (Film). 20th Century Fox.
  11. ^ Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (Film). 20th Century Fox.
  12. ^ a b Aliens (Film). 20th Century Fox. Carter Burke states that Ripley has been in hypersleep for 57 years. Burke later orders a Hadley’s Hope administrator to investigate the derelict on 6/12/79 (June 12 2179).
  13. ^ Alien 3 (Film). 20th Century Fox.
  14. ^ a b c Alien: Resurrection (Film). 20th Century Fox.

References

  • Beautiful Monsters: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Alien and Predator Films (by David A. McIntee, Telos, 272 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-903889-94-4)
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